•JAMB candidates Candidates scheduled to sit the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at Al-Mizyan Schools Computer Based Centre in Ikotun, Lagos State are currently unable to participate in the exercise owing to technical glitches. Parents and guardians who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone noted that the CBT centre gave ...
•Stranded Nigerians in UAE Members of the Nigerian community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have decried that the strained relationship between both countries is affecting their livelihoods. Some of them living in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah told our correspondent that because of the work permit ban slammed on Nigeria, many of them had [&h...
•Okada bridge Thousands of travelers embarking on Easter celebrations in the eastern region of Nigeria have found themselves stranded at the Okada Bridge in Soko Camp, Edo State, due to a significant crater obstructing the bridge’s passage. The crater, spanning nearly half of the narrow bridge, has forced motorists into a single lane, exacerba...
No fewer than 300 passengers of Delta Air Lines were today stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over mechanical failure to the carrier’s aircraft. It was learnt that the passengers who were on their way to Atlanta Georgia, US, were already boarded for an afternoon flight out of Lagos, but were later […]
Many residents have been reportedly stranded following about six-hour rainfall that submerged many houses in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos. The rain which started around 6am today in most parts of the metropolis, took over streets and bridges, reports Daily Trust. The flood also impeded vehicular movement. The most affected commu...
•Sotannde Kodir In the aftermath of yesterday explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, a boy identified as Sotannde Kodir was stranded in Sango area of the city. Kodir was said to be searching for his mother. OyoAffairs shared a photo last night, revealing that the child recounted his mother’s escape to safety after the blast […]
•Stranded passengers at motorparks and Tinubu Many Nigerians erstwhile elated by the federal government’s announcement of a 50 per cent slash in inter-state transport fares and free train rides between December 21 and January 4, were left disappointed yesterday as passengers, who stormed the various parks for Yuletide holidays, still paid prem...
•Laurent De Boeck The United Nations Migration Agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), has advised potential migrants to be cautious of a syndicate that specializes in offering fake employment letters to Nigerians seeking to work in the United Kingdom, UK. Urging them to seek out proper information before embarking on any migra...
Motorists and travellers were stranded on the Lokoja-Okene Expressway on November 11, 2023, as voters decide the next governor of Kogi State for the next four years. Some of the travellers were intercepted at military checkpoints on the busy highway, reports Channels TV. Earlier, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, ordered...
•The protesters at Abuja airport Many top government officials, their armed escorts, business guests and hundreds of other Nigerians have been prevented from entering the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. As of 9.15 am when our correspondent approached the vicinity of the Airport, scores of vehicles carrying stranded air passengers r...